The Warriors president of basketball operations spoke for the first time Monday since Kevin Durant joined the Brooklyn Nets, claiming he did all he could to convince Durant to stay.

“You do the best you can,” Myers told reporters. “I think all along, to me it was a blessing that he came, that he wanted to be a part of this. This is a guy who can move in whatever direction he wants because of his talent. He came and he delivered. In my opinion he was everything we could have asked for. He represented us on the court, he represented us off the court.

“He still has a great relationship with a lot of his teammates, our staff, myself. He just wanted to try something new, and that’s OK. I don’t look back and say, ‘If this or that,’ I don’t feel that way.”

Myers and Durant had a lengthy conversation in New York ahead of Durant’s June 30 Instagram announcement that he was headed to the Nets to team up with Kyrie Irving. Durant told Myers he was ready for a new chapter after winning two championships in Golden State, hoping to do the same with the Nets after he recovers from his torn Achilles suffered during the NBA finals.

“I have a peace about it,” Myers said of Durant’s decision.

“I talked to him until I wasn’t allowed to talk to him a few days later,” Myers said. “It wasn’t like slamming the door. To be honest I was kind of sad, I was, because I like him. The other thing is, I love basketball, so just to watch him play was a treat for me, just to watch him practice, to watch him work out. … I’ll miss that, I will, just as a basketball fan because guys like him don’t come along too often.

“I got to see him up close for three years of my life, and I’ll always remember that.”

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Now, Myers and his Warriors roster enter a new season with a new look, absent of 2015 Finals MVP Andre Igoudala and key role player Shaun Livingston. Golden State returns Stephen Curry and Draymond Green and hopes to get Klay Thompson (torn ACL) back at some point next season. D’Angelo Russell, whom the Warriors acquired via sign and trade in the Durant move, will be tasked with helping fill the void left by the 10-time All-Star.

“It’s a new dawn for us, but it’s OK. We haven’t been in this position for five years,” Myers said. “It’s going to be fun. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. Because when you have young players there’s a learning curve to their growth, to their NBA experience.”